accomplishments

There was a thread in the Ladies' Forum talking about our accomplishments and goals. I wrote them down, so I figure I should post them here:

This year has been an exciting year for me.

This season's accomplishments:
-learned to ride a motorcycle! yay!
-gained the courage to ride solo and work on my skills everytime I was on the bike
-created a blog/journal to document the errors and improvements to be made while riding during my first season
-grew comfortable with a faster entry speed on curves (still have to work on this)
-participated in a fairly large group ride
-commuted to work everyday (that there was good weather) on the bike, thus learning to ride in traffic as well
-got back on the bike after low-siding
-learned to clutchless upshift
-obtained that "one and the same" feeling with my bike.
-felt what it was like to ride with a passenger on the back of my bike (though we didn't leave the parking lot because I was pretty nervous about it.)
-met a couple of female riders in my local area

Goal before season is over:
-learn to ride the bike at its original height (my bike is now lowered)
-learn to get my bike up on the rear stand (is anyone else having difficulty with this? I've seen it done many times, yet I can't seem to do it on my own. )
-learn to ride in the cold
-use rear brake less when riding street

Next year's goals:
-try longer sport/touring rides
-get track riding experience
-feel more comfortable on group rides
-work on entry speed/picking a line (and committing) in curves
-learn to and get better with doing my own oil change and other easy maintenance work for my bike
-meet more of my fellow gals that ride